A mysterious relative of the extinct human species nicknamed the hobbit may have once lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, new research suggests. This finding could one day help shed light on the evolution of the hobbit, the researchers noted in the study. In 2003, scientists unearthed 18,000-year-old fossils...
Several ancient human species and relatives have been unearthed in bits and pieces over the years, including one with an orange-size brain, another dubbed the hobbit for its miniature size and a flat-faced hominin with a huge brow ridge. Although these finds have opened more windows into the evolutionary landscape...